Clinical Practitioner Perioperative Medicine for Older People Surgery in Bournemouth

NHS AfC: Band 7

Main area Clinical Practitioner for Perioperative medicine for Older People in Surgery (POPS) Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract 6 months (6 months fixed term) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday 8-4) Job ref 153-SU06967

Department name 01. UHD - General Recruitment Site University Hospital Dorset, Royal Bournemouth Hospital Town Bournemouth Salary £49,387 - £56,515 pa Salary period Yearly Closing 09/11/2026 23:59

As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.

We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £500m transformation programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.

In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.

We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.

We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.

At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.

As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.

We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support the preparation of their application. While this is not discouraged, we kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of your own experience and suitability. Personal integrity is an important part of the recruitment process.

Job overview

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Band 7 Clinical Practitioner to join our Perioperative Care of Older People (POPS) multidisciplinary team. This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated professional passionate about improving outcomes and experiences for older people undergoing surgery and contributing to the development of a specialist, innovative and patient-centred service.

As an integral member of the POPS team, you will provide specialist clinical assessment and expertise across the surgical pathway, working closely with surgeons, anaesthetists, geriatricians, therapists, nursing teams and discharge coordinators. Assessing complex patients, identify risks, contribute to optimisation and develop individualised management plans within your scope of practice.

Providing expert input for patients experiencing frailty, multimorbidity, cognitive impairment, delirium, functional decline and complex discharge needs, supporting safe and effective perioperative care.

The successful candidate will have broad senior-level experience across surgical, medical and older people’s services, with proven ability to work autonomously. Excellent clinical assessment, decision-making, leadership, communication and organisational skills are essential, alongside a collaborative and innovative approach.

This role offers an excellent opportunity to making a meaningful contribution to high-quality perioperative care for older people.

Base site: UHD Royal Bournemouth Hospital

Main duties of the job

Key responsibilities

• Undertake comprehensive clinical and frailty assessments of older surgical patients and identify opportunities for optimisation and risk reduction.
• Contribute to preoperative assessment, shared decision-making and perioperative planning for patients with complex medical and geriatric needs.
• Provide senior clinical input into the assessment and management of frailty, delirium, falls, polypharmacy and functional decline.
• Develop and implement individualised management and discharge plans in partnership with the wider MDT.
• Provide continuity of specialist POPS input throughout the surgical admission where appropriate.
• Support education, supervision and professional development of nursing, medical and AHP colleagues.
• Contribute to POPS audit, quality improvement, service development and the implementation of evidence-based practice.
• Work autonomously within professional competence, with access to senior clinical supervision from the POPS advanced practitioner and/or consultant geriatrician.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To work as a clinically independent and autonomous practitioner within own scope of practice, to participate and manage a defined patient caseload.
• To work with the multidisciplinary team for Surgery
• To act as a source of expertise and knowledge for older patients within the Surgical Directorate, their carers and their families within UHD, within the remit of a developed clinical practitioner for older people undergoing surgery.
• To provide expert clinical older persons surgical patient care, assess patients, plan, implement and evaluate comprehensive programmes of care, providing highly specialist advice and maintaining associated records, utilising older persons developed clinical knowledge and skills specifically to support older patients within the surgical directorate. Utilising skills as high level of decision making, expert problem solving abilities, physical examination and health assessment, diagnostic testing, pharmacology and disease processes.
• To facilitate the development of advanced clinical skills and knowledge for own CPD and for other member so the Surgical Team and to meet other specific education and development needs, to meet service needs.
• To identify future requirements to ensure sustainability of reduced length of stay at UHD using quantitative and qualitative data.
• To participate and contribute to all aspects of patient/carer education for both individuals and groups, including managing surgical older persons education programmes.
• Uses developed levels of precision, dexterity, coordination and sensory skills for the provision of assessment, implementation, management and evaluation of patient care involved in the activities for practice.
• Utilises communication, knowledge, experience, training, analytical, planning, organisational and physical skills in the assessment, implementation and evaluation of all aspects of patient care.
• If in scope of practice and holds relevant qualification, advises on and or prescribes for older frail patients with surgical conditions, to contribute to safe and effective patient care by incorporating the use of Non-Medical prescribing competencies in relation to the national guidelines, evidence based practice and local Trust policies.

Working for our organisation

UHD are investing, developing and transforming Trust services in line with the New Hospital Programme. As part of this, some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or permanently. Recruiting Managers will be happy to answer any service-specific questions at interview.

If a role or service relocates as part of a planned move, excess mileage will not be reimbursed. Travel from home to the new work base will be classed as a normal commute. Any other changes will be managed under Trust or national terms and conditions.

UHD has active networks including Women’s, BAME, Pride, EU, Pro Ability, and Armed Forces. We support Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant interview schemes.

AI tools may be used, but applications must honestly reflect your own skills and experience. Integrity is key to our recruitment process.

For UHD employees, this fixed-term post will be offered as a secondment in line with the Trust’s Secondment Policy. Please speak with your line manager before applying.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Degree Level Qualification
• Level 6 or equivalent ECP experience
• current registration with relevant professional body

Experience

• Demonstrable experience of managing a discrete aspect of a patient’s care at a developed level of practice with specific knowledge and skills in a field of expertise within perioperative/surgical and Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment.
• Experience of working in partnership with all levels of staff, evidencing the ability to plan and co-ordinate the provision of specialised care.
• Attendance at QI Lite or equivalent quality improvement course.

Please note:

Staff recruited are expected to be available to work flexibly across all our Trust locations to meet service demands.

This advert may be closed early if sufficient applications are received.

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself and our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst this vaccination is not a condition of employment we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated.

Internal Candidates: staff employed prior to merger who voluntarily change jobs will be appointed to UHD terms and conditions.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Lucy Scott Job title ACP Email address lucy.scott50@nhs.net Telephone number 03000194660 Additional information

Dr Peter Robinson - POPS Clinical Lead Consultant

peter.robinson51@nhs.net

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